CVE-2007-1662

Description

Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.3 reads past the end of the string when searching for unmatched brackets and parentheses, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), possibly involving forward references.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 5.38% Top 15%

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Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/30219	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29267	third party advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/547-1/	vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-30.xml	vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38275	vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483357/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html	third party advisory us government resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/27538	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483579/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/28136	third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1570	vendor advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1738
http://secunia.com/advisories/27697	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28406	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27554	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/27543	third party advisory
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2007-November/msg00022.html	mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420	third party advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html	vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-11.xml	vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html	vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:211	vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00181.html	vendor advisory
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
http://secunia.com/advisories/27741	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3790	vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3725	vdb entry
http://www.pcre.org/changelog.txt
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
http://secunia.com/advisories/30155	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28720	third party advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-02.xml	vendor advisory
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198976
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-19.xml	vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-18.xml	vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1399	patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28414	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26346	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/30106	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28714	third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-1662?: CVE-2007-1662 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-1662?: To fix CVE-2007-1662, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-1662 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2007-1662 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~5% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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